Check out Viet talking with his brilliant editor, Peter Blackstock, about The Sympathizer.
Category: Interviews
Location: Multipurpose Room, College Avenue Student Center Writers at Rutgers is an exchange between well-known writers of diverse backgrounds and the Rutgers students and faculty. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer is a New York Times best seller and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Other honors include the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the Edgar Award for… (read more)
We asked some prominent Californians to share something that brought them comfort during this challenging year. Their answers remind us that while difficulties can’t be ignored, there are moments of joy to be found — in listening to music on the radio, in the pages of a book or in watching a young child dance for the… (read more)
The story of the ruminative and philosophical Viet Cong spy who lived a double life in Los Angeles from Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Sympathizer (2015), continues in the long-awaited sequel, The Committed (2021). After a seemingly successful re-education, the unnamed protagonist, the “man of two faces and two minds,” starts his life anew in France… (read more)
Viet Thanh Nguyen is one of the most interesting thinkers of our times. His honest perspective and intelligence cut through a lot of confusion and cant in our world and in my own mind. His frank good humored honesty always reveals authentic truths. Heard him in conversation with Laila Lalami via the Berkeley Book Faire – great conversation. An important voice. His writing is complex,dense, and imaginative. Challenges me in the best ways to examine myself, my world, and how I read.